The Ruling on Excessive Cursing

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this person asks about the ruling on excessive cursing, and what is the ruling on uttering a word containing a curse directed at another person, and what is the punishment due for that?

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, it is expected of the Muslim to guard his tongue from idle talk, abuse, and insults, so that he does not say anything but what is good, beneficial, and useful. He should avoid noisy quarreling. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was not one to curse, nor to throw stones, nor to curse, nor to be obscene, nor to be vulgar. We have in him (peace and blessings be upon him) a good example. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: Good words are raised to Allah the Exalted. Good words are what comes from the remembrance of Allah, such as tasbih, tahlil, tahmid, and takbir. Also included in good words is reciting the Qur'an, dhikr, preaching, and calling to Allah the Exalted. And among good words are enjoining good and forbidding evil, and teaching the ignorant matters of their religion. All of this is among good words. Yes.